Shrinking avi

[Toka]

Yo, I would like to be able to make an avi file smaller but keep it an avi file, what program could be used?

[El Torro]

with virtualdub, you can create an avi compressed heavier, of compressed with a lower bitrate.

https://www.videohelp.com/avi2divx.htm

Select a lower bitrate, and your file is gonna be smaller

[ZippyP.]

Select a lower bitrate, and your file is gonna be smaller

And probably poorer quality.

[Toka]

Well I compressed it using "Divx Pro 5.0.3 Codec" and put the bitrate to the smallest but the size is basicly the same, 190mb to 165mb, and the quality is basicly the same, is there any way of making it under 100mb?

[El Torro]

How long is your movie? If you selected the lowest bitrate... you can't lose more in video... Maybe you should save some space on the audio... look into AUDIO -> COMPRESSION and select 1 with a low bitrate
i suggest the LAME MP3 encoder... 4Kb/sec is the minimum... try it

And probably poorer quality.

ofcourse

[Toka]

But the audio on its own is very small in size so compressing it won't make any big change in the size.

Someone PLEASE help!!!

[Toka]

Well here is the info on the two files,

Here are the stats for the 60meg AVI (as reported by WindowsXP):
Resolution: 320x240
Audio bitrate: 55kps
Audio format: MPEG Layer 3
Frame rate: 19fps
Data rate: 43kbps

Here are the stats for the 185meg AVI (as reported by WindowsXP):
Resolution: 512x384
Audio bitrate: 112kps
Audio format: MPEG Layer 3
Frame rate: 23fps
Data rate: 135kbps
Video sample size: 24bit
Video compression: DivX codec

How can I make the bigger one the same as the smaller one?

[Toka]

Any1?

[matneaves]

what reason are you wanting it smaller

[Toka]

Well I have two eps of trigun and both of good quality and was wondering how I could make the bigger one the same as the small one as the quality isn't much different in my opinion, can ya help?

So far I have compressed it with the divx codec and put it on the smallest bitreate and changed the width and height but it is still to big

[Toka]

Man this thread keeps becoming dead.

[Toka]

Still waiting......